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Default What glue do you use when you need a longer setup time?

"Dick Snyder" wrote in message
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|I haven't had much luck with a google search of this topic so I thought I
| would ask this very helpful group.
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| I have a kind of complicated book case to put together with horizontal and
| vertical pieces so I'd like to give myself some more time with a longer
| setup glue without going for the longer setup but messy Gorilla glue. I
have
| seen some references to Tightbond Extend but I also read some negatives on
| this glue. What would you suggest?
|

I know that everybody else is telling you to use some high-tech product like
epoxy or a PVC-based glue but for long setup times and good wood joints,
I've found that nothing much beats old-fashioned hide glue.

Norm